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ICAO issued a bulletin November 24, 2020 announcing its new Testing and Cross-border Risk Management Measures Manual (Doc 10152), developed by the members of the dedicated CAPSCA group it established in 2009 for the prevention and management of public health events in civil aviation. The new publication is available free of charge on the UN agency’s COVID-19 online portal, …
The ICAO Council has endorsed new updates to its Aviation Recovery Task Force’s (CART’s) ‘Take-off’ Guidelines for international air transport. The new guidelines provide recommendations for countries to consider adopting per their current local medical status, and on specific priorities including general hygiene, masks and face coverings, health screening and declarations, air passengers with reduced mobility, and the mental health …
The Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) has resumed training activities post COVID-19 lockdown. The phased resumption of training activities on Monday, 12th October 2020 began with enhanced safety and training measures in line with COVID-19 Prevention/Control Procedures Manual. To ensure maximum safety and comfort of trainees at the College, some of the precautions and measures adopted to prevent …
The implementation of globally harmonized recommendations developed by the ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce (CART) took a step forward through the launch of supporting initiatives for airlines and airports by IATA and ACI, respectively. IATA has launched a checklist that aims to support airlines who want to implement the ICAO CART guidelines through self-assessments, while ACI has launched its …
Airports Council International (ACI) World has called on governments to follow a robust and consistent protocol for testing which should be implemented only when necessary and as an alternative to broad-brush requirements for quarantine. ACI said it will request the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) develops recommendations for States which should be risk based and informed by scientific and …
The Director-General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Ing. Simon Allotey, has retired from the CAA. According to GCAA, Ing. Allotey hands over his responsibilities to the Deputy Director-General (Technical), Ing. Charles Kraikue, who is appointed to act as the Director-General of the Authority by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Prior to his appointment as Director-General of GCAA …
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said it has introduced a new series of implementation packages or ‘iPACKs’ to support States’ aviation response, recovery, and resilience efforts during COVID-19. ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, stated: “Addressing priority areas for States and industry such as aviation safety, security, public health, passenger facilitation, airports and air navigation services, and air …
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said it has begun the global roll-out of a civil aviation recovery Global Implementation Roadmap (GIR), providing an important enabling framework for countries as they begin to apply the COVID-19 pandemic restart and recovery measures in the ICAO Council’s Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) recommendations and annexed ‘Take-off’’ guidance document. The UN specialized …
In accordance with the recommendations of the ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce, together ICAO Global Aviation Training (GAT) and CAA International (CAAi), the aviation training arm of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, have launched new training to enable the safe and secure restart of air operations. Delivered in a virtual classroom by ICAO and UK CAA subject matter experts, the …
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said it has procured sophisticated search and rescue equipment to boost its aeronautical search and rescue capability across the Nigerian airspace. The equipment which are being distributed among the nation’s Rescue Coordination Centers in Lagos and Kano, and Rescue Subcenters in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Maiduguri, Enugu, Ilorin and Sokoto include plotting facilities, communication …
